Toronto Metropolitan University

Insecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman with her well-meaning grandpa and his pet pug.

Roommates Nick and Dave are attacked by a masked, hulking figure that has broken into their house. You'd think that'd be the worst of their problems, right? Yeah. You'd think.

a short, narrative biopic that tells the story of Guion Bluford, as he grapples with the reality that he is to become the first African American man in space.

In a city notorious for being cold to strangers, several lives intersect one night, oblivious to the loneliness that connects them all.

After receiving a gift from a mysterious stranger, 7-year-old Alex begins collecting small, delicate objects, retreating into the quiet sanctuary of his bedroom—his cocoon.

A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.

When Lavenza, a 19th-century noblewoman, overhears her husband complaining about her looks, she turns herself into his ideal wife by thrifting the body parts from all the women he desires.

A timid puppeteer working on Mayor Bobby, a popular puppet tv-show for adults, finds out she's been excluded from being apart of the new spin-off series and struggles to cope with the loss of her tv "family".

In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behavior (and romance) in the digital age.

A man is downtown and urgently needs to pee, but a vindictive voice on the phone holds the combination to his pants in this dark comedy of desperation.

Edward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes.

Frida, an 8-year-old engineering prodigy, builds an airplane behind her mother's back to follow in her Abuela's legacy.

A teenager attempts to keep his composure following a reckless crime.

Foxy tells the story of Penny Todd, a 20 year old aspiring filmmaker who is desperately trying to keep a "secret" in order to feel "normal" in a world of unachievable societal beauty standards. At the age of ten, Penny lost all of the hair on her body (eyebrows and all) due to an immune condition called alopecia. Since her diagnosis, Penny has chosen not to tell a soul, including her current boyfriend, out of fear of being looked at as strange or "ugly". By hiding this condition, Penny is soon forced to choose between what is more important: giving up on her relationship along with her dream of entering 'Moonwaltz Film Festival', or revealing her condition and opening herself up to potential ostracization, shame, and possibly the loss of her relationship.

Five friends must fight for survival, salvation and sanity when a local hunter mistakenly kills one of them in barren Canadian wilderness.

An unconfident young man is manipulated into a rural community’s devious scheme and sets out to escape before his life is at risk.

During a tense family Christmas party, Luci, a queer Peruvian-Canadian woman with a massive chip on her shoulder, slips away to give her beloved nephew the gift of his dreams: a beautiful sequinned dress.

Two young women occupy a liminal space that appears to be a medical clinic.

A man returns to his family home on the East Coast of Canada to say goodbye to his terminally ill mother.

When Andrew was four years old his father learned he had ALS, a fatal and incurable illness. Seventeen years later and now a filmmaker, Andrew documents the experience of Brad, a father with three young boys who also has ALS. What emerges is a portrait of two families documenting the struggles and hopes that they share.